beginner help!

<i><b>Originally posted by : mark (markhamer9@aol.com)</b></i><br />Hi ,<br />I have moved into asp.net and I have a couple of questions.<br /><br />Do you need to use specialist database management software to work with sql database, as I have a trial verision of sql server 2000.<br /><br />Can I produce asp.net applications linked to an sql database without this software?<br /><br />I am a little confused in how this works with the database ie does the database exist locally and is it then accessed from the website, or can the database be uploaded like .mdb. <br /><br />So many questions!!!!!<br /><br />Also, do asp.net applications have to be hosted on specific servers?<br />